telephone、phone、ring和call的异同
一、相同点:
1、这四个词都有可作名词,表示“打电话”。如:
I told him about it by telephone.(=I told him on /over the tele- phone.)我在电话里把这件事告诉了他。(不用call或ring)
I'll give you a ring /a(telephone)call tomorrow.我明天给你打电话。
ring /call up后接代词宾格时,代词应放在up之前。动词ring还可表示“铃声响”、“使……响”。如:
I'm sorry I was out when you rang /called me up.对不起,你打电话时我不在。
The bell is ringing.铃响了。
I rang the bell and the door opened.我按了门铃,门就开了。
2、这四个词都可用作动词,表示“打电 话给某人”。所以“昨晚我给我姐姐打了电 话。”可译成:
I telephoned /phoned /called /rang my sister last night.=I gave my sister a ring /a(telephone)call last night.=I rang /called up my sister last night.=I made a telephone call to my sister last night.
二、不同点:
(一)词性不同
1、telephone:名词:电话,电话机,电话耳机;动词:打电话。
2、phone:名词:电话,耳机,听筒;动词:打电话。
3、ring:名词:戒指,环状物,圆形,圆形竞技场, 武松电影 炉口,团伙,铃声,腿环,行星光环,环形护城工事,感觉;动词:打电话,灯光音响租赁发出铃声,回响,充满,嗡嗡作响,要求服务,听上去,包围。
4、call:名词:电话,呼叫,要求,访问;动词:呼叫,称呼,召集,拜访,打电话。
(二)侧重点不同
1、telephone:telephone侧重于座式电话机。
2、phone:phone侧重于移动手机。
3、ring:ring侧重于门铃。
4、call:call侧重于打电话呼叫动作。
(三)用法不同
1、telephone:做宾语:He got up and answered the telephone.
他站起来接了电话。
2、phone:做宾语:She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone.
她盼望着和她女儿通电话交谈。
3、ring:做动词,带宾语:After at least eight rings, an ancient-sounding maid answered the phone.
电话至少八声后,一位听上去很老的女仆接了。
4、call:名词:做动词,带宾语:We had better call in a specialist at this critical moment.
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